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Article #1388

GNU DIFF3 compile bug

#1388
From: Leonard H. Tower Jr.
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1988 17:32
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Date: Tue 25 Oct 88 07:56:58-PDT
From: Jeff Deifik <JDEIFIK@isi.edu>
Subject: GNU DIFF3 compile bug
To: tower@wheaties.ai.mit.edu

Script started on Tue Oct 25 07:43:04 1988
make
vlsif [jdeifik:1] gcc -O -g -c diff3.c
diff3.c:287: undeclared variable `DIFF_PROGRAM' (first use here)
*** Exit 1

Stop.
61.3u 10.1s 6:52 17% 571+279k 89+54io 84pf+0w
vlsif [jdeifik:2] grep -i diff_program *( 
diff3.c:char diff_program[] = DIFF_PROGRAM;
diff3.c:  argv[0] = diff_program;
diff3.c:      execve (diff_program, argv, environ);
vlsif [jdeifik:3] exit
vlsif [jdeifik:4] 
script done on Tue Oct 25 07:52:39 1988

What's going on with DIFF_PROGRAM?
	Jeff Deifik	jdeifik@isi.edu
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From: tower@WHEATIES.AI.MIT.EDU (Leonard H. Tower Jr.)
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Subject: GNU DIFF3 compile bug
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Date: 25 Oct 88 17:32:28 GMT
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